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The Tourist

The Tourist

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  • United Kingdom,
  • Australia,
  • United States
  • 2022
  • · 1 season
  • · 58m

Creators Harry Williams, Jack Williams
Cast Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin
Genre Drama, Mystery

A British man finds himself a stranger in a strange land when he wakes up in the unforgiving environment of the Australian outback. He has no memory of how he got there or for what purpose he's come to this place, but he knows he's being hunted down by figures from his mysterious past.

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100

The Independent by Ed Cumming

The Tourist, directed by Chris Sweeney (and Daniel Nettheim for the final three episodes), knows how to play the quiet scenes alongside the crash and bang. ... The Tourist might be his [Jamie Dornan's] best work yet. He takes advantage of a script that lets him stretch his metaphorical muscles as well as the more literal ones, abundant as they are.

90

Collider by Tania Hussain

Thanks to atmospheric and unsettling sequences, The Tourist is every bit a neo-Western that sprinkles in the manic traits of the Coen Brothers, David Lynch, and Quentin Tarantino films. It might sample some of these filmmakers’ best works, but it’s a series all its own due in part to its enigmatic plots and characters.

88

RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico

With sharp dialogue, clever plotting, and career-best work from Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, this is a great little thriller, a show that constantly keeps you guessing and entertained in equal measure.

88

ABC News by Peter Travers

As an Irish amnesiac eluding a cabal of killers in the Australian outback, Jamie Dornan is so good you’ll follow him anywhere, which is what gives this relentlessly funny, ferocious, thrill-a-minute series the staying power to haunt your dreams.

83

The A.V. Club by Kayleigh Dray

The Tourist season two is dazzlingly entertaining and impossible to switch off once you get started, despite the tension headaches it may spark among its more logically minded viewers.

80

The Guardian by Lucy Mangan

It’s well worth watching this fun, stylish and confident caper, which clearly still has numerous twists up its sleeve and characters to play with.

80

i by Gerard Gilbert

If Channel 4’s ludicrous recent Close to Me made you want to forget all about amnesia thrillers, The Tourist reminds you why they can also be memorably moreish.

80

Radio Times by Lauren Morris

An unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat mystery that startles you with laugh-out-loud moments of ridiculousness, The Tourist is The Bourne Identity meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert with elements of Monty Python – an unusual thriller in which Dornan shines.

80

The Telegraph by Anita Singh

Finally, a television thriller that doesn’t feel formulaic. ... Dornan plays the role just right: his man with no name is an enigma.

80

Decider by Joel Keller

The Tourist hooked us in with its story, plus the performances by Dornan, Macdonald and Brune-Franklin.